Offensive average: 36.0 Defensive average: 58.7 The good news this season is that the Hot Dogs appear to have nine or 10 players who will contribute on varsity. The bad news is that besides Sam Henderson and Taylor Kirby, there’s a lack of experience among that depth. “We don’t have four or five all-around players,” coach Andy Ross said. “We have nine or 10 different pieces and parts that we have to try and fit together.” Ross will have plenty of chances to tinker early. Frankfort will play four games in eight days. “Because we’re so young, just the fact that we’ll get to play good competition early will definitely show us things we need to improve on,” Ross said.

Pos.

Ht.

Yr.

12 Ashlyn Clark

G

5-2

Jr.

15 Cassidy Dubree

F

5-5

So.

21 Sam Henderson

F

5-9

Jr.

22 L. Isenhower

G

5-1

So.

23 Miranda Boggs

G

5-4

So.

24 Adriana Olivas

G

5-4

Jr.

25 Taylor Kirby

G

5-4

So.

31 Whitney O’Brien

F

5-6

Jr.

33 Marlaina Boggs

F

5-8

So.

35 Jacenda Perry

G

5-5

Fr.

42 Tania Olivas

F

5-6

Fr.

45 Kayley Foust

F

5-6

So.

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ON GUARD

The experience Taylor Kirby gained as a freshman a year ago will help her assume point guard duties.

“This summer and last year she’s really matured,” Frankfort coach Andy Ross said. “She’ll do a good job getting us into our offense.”

The Hot Dogs will have one of the area’s smaller backcourts with Kirby at 5-foot-4, junior Adriana Olivas at 5-3 and junior Ashlyn Clark at 5-1. Sophomore Miranda Boggs split time between junior varsity and varsity last season.

Front line

At 5-9, Sam Henderson is the tallest Frankfort player and fortunately for the Hot Dogs, their most experienced.

She was the team’s second-leading scorer as a freshman and was strong inside too with 6.5 rebounds a game and 13 blocked shots.

Whitney O’Brien, a 5-6 junior, started a couple of games last season. Cassidy Dubree and Marlaina Boggs were mainly junior varsity players a year ago but are vying to become varsity contributors this season.

Key newcomers

In addition to Dubree and Boggs, guard Lyndsey Isenhower is moving up from junior varsity.

“She plays soccer so she’s one of those kids who can run forever,” Ross said.

Freshmen Tania Olivas, a post, and Jacenda Perry, a guard, may also contribute.

“We’re not sure how those two freshmen will fit in for us yet but we hope as the season goes on they will be able to contribute on the varsity,” Ross said.

OUTLOOK

After a handful of practices, Ross says the Hot Dogs have been playing hard and look more athletic.

“We’ve been able to do some things differently defensively than we’ve done in the past,” Ross said. “We’re more athletic, so we can get out and guard people more aggressively than we’ve been able to in the past. That’s been our big emphasis and what we’ve been able to see in practice is that we’ve been able to extend our defense and be a little bit more aggressive with it.”

Depending on the matchup, Ross believes he has eight or nine players who could start for him.

“We won’t necessarily just have a starting five,” he said. “We will need contributions from our entire roster to be where we want to be. The good news is each of our girls brings a different aspect to the game. We have some that will play really good defense. We have some who can shoot the ball. We have some that can handle the ball, and we have some that can rebound.”